Improvement in hay-tedders



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N0. 141,999. Patented August19,1873.

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THOMAS J. CLARK AND GEORGE M. CLARK, OF HIGGANUM, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAVTEDDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,999, dated August 19, 1873 application filed March 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Beit known that we, THOMAS J and GEORGE M. CLARK, of Higganum, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Hay-Tedder Forks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is aview ofthe back or under sid of the fork-handle with the tines of the fork attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is aview ofthe same in section through the dotted line :o a".

The letter @indicates the handle of the fork, commonly made of wood, which is operated by the machinery of the tedder, having upon it the ferrule a to keep it from splitting. The tines b c are each made of a piece of spring wire, having a coil, b c', running around the cross-piece d, then under the handle a., entering into the sleeve e, which is open at the ends, and has a hole, c', on its top for the passage y of the headed bolt, pin, or screw, f, which runs down through a corresponding hole in the than they would otherwise have, and thus y lessen the danger of their breaking.

We claim as our invention- The combination of the handle et, the sleeve c open at the ends and sides, the two forktines, and the bolt f with a conical or wedgeshaped head, the whole constructed, arranged, and designed for use, substantially as described.

-THOMAS J. CLARK.

GEORGE M. CLARK. Witnesses: 4

CLINTON B. DAVIS, HENRY H. BRAINARD. 

